Strategic Data Governance Lead

PERSOL Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL Singapore is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to drive the adoption and implementation of the organization’s data governance framework within Singapore operations. You will partner with business and risk, compliance, and technology teams to establish governance models, data ownership, metadata management, lineage, and data quality programs.

The role emphasizes training, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement to promote responsible data use and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in IT, analytics, or data-related field.
• 3-5 years in data governance, data management, or data quality.
• Strong understanding of data ownership, stewardship, metadata, lineage and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain processes, standards, playbooks, and procedures for data governance.
• Partner with business units to define operating models, roles, and accountability for governance.
• Provide guidance on governance standards, policies, and best practices.
• Promote adoption of governance capabilities, including metadata, lineage, cataloguing, and data quality solutions.
• Develop training materials, user guides, and awareness programs.
• Coordinate governance forums, working groups, and committees; manage agendas and documentation.
• Act as secretariat for governance committees and ensure follow-through on actions.
• Monitor adoption, compliance, and effectiveness of governance initiatives.
• Collaborate with data, technology, risk, compliance and business teams to support regulatory requirements.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Facilitation

Communication

Documentation

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Data Management, or related discipline

Tools

Data governance tools

Metadata management tools

Data lineage tools

Data quality tools

Job description

PERSOL Singapore is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to drive the adoption and implementation of the organization’s data governance framework within Singapore operations. You will partner with business and risk, compliance, and technology teams to establish governance models, data ownership, metadata management, lineage, and data quality programs.

The role emphasizes training, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement to promote responsible data use and regulatory alignment.